Word: tenderize
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...live by, but in the sense that they gesture toward the University’s sacred cows, to which a president must pay unabated homage if he hopes to achieve anything.The central lesson of this sordid story is that Harvard is a place of its own—a tender, delicate place where perceived offenses are clamored upon with professorial cattiness. It is not the efficient outside world, where open, honest talk is not only encouraged, but is essential because the greatest danger is that something will be left unsaid, not that something unpleasant will be uttered.It is in this...
...still sings in his local church choir. "People really think you are taking the piss when you say you liked Hall and Oates more than the Velvet Underground," he says. The Life Pursuit takes in more familiar country and '60s soul sounds, gets funky at times and then tender when it needs to, and lyrically the characterization is as deft as ever. From the snapshots of a romance taken during a football game in Another Sunny Day, Murdoch croons: "I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines/ Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds...
...announced a joint venture with Constellation Energy, based in Baltimore, Md., to promote a new generation of nuclear plant and expects orders for four reactors once the technology is approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Even in nuclear-resistant Europe, official attitudes are shifting. Bulgaria is holding a tender for two new reactors; British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a debate about the future of nuclear power amid signs that the government may order several new plants; and in Germany and Sweden, public debates are raging about whether to reverse a previous commitment to shut down existing reactors...
...Silence.” Herren plays the crude voices against a cacophony of violins; ultimately, the music wins out. And there are striking things to follow. The scope of most of these songs is grand; they encompass a world of moods, and each line can turn on a pin. Tender chords blend into spastic dance, fall into velvet strains of jazz, and then cycle back again. The music detours and diverges, but it is never allowed to drift—Herren’s skilled hand keeps all the parts moving behind the scenes, ensuring that even the most abrupt...
...Hungarian bourgeoisie, performing a turn of the century Teach for America stint. The teacher convinces Leo’s family to send him to Budapest for schooling. There he meets the Countess Julia, a friend of his foster mother who initiates him to the ways of sex at the tender...